Full Professor, School of Applied Mathematics, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Medical Doctor, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor (Emeritus) of Medical Informatics and Tropical Medicine, B.Sc. Physics, B.Sc. (Honors) Psychology, FIMA, Chartered Mathematician (IMA-UK), Chartered Scientist (SciCoun-UK), FRSM, Researcher 1-A CNPq

• Professor Emeritus of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
• Full Professor of Applied Mathematics, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro
• Honorary Professor of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Courage Fund Visiting Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Visiting Professor of Statistics and Psychology, University of Derby, UK
• Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (FIMA)
• Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM)
• Associate Editor Epidemiology & Infection
• Associate Editor Infectious Diseases Modeling
• Associate Editor Journal of Dynamics and Games
• Associate Editor Journal of Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling

Current Research Grants: PI, Mathematics of Criminality, CAPES-PRINT, Grant 88881.310496/2018-01; PI, Assessment of Health Impact of the “Fundao” Tailing Dam Rupture on the Affected Communities, US$5,5 million; Co-PI with Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith of the €12.5 million European Community Consortium Project ZIKAPlan; Co-PI of the $999,781 project with Dr. Beate Sander, Assessing ZIKV transmission dynamics and mitigation strategies. A multidisciplinary approach, funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

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